mingi nakkushaiguse epideemiline levik, mis haarab tervet maailmajagu või kogu maailma
kontinentidevaheliselt leviv epideemia
an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population
outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence, generally affecting a significant proportion of the world’s population, usually over the course of several months
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The majority of highly infectious illnesses that occur in humans are caused by diseases that first arise in animals. Thus, when a new infectious agent or disease emerges in animals, surveillance organizations located within affected areas are responsible for alerting the World Health Organization (WHO) and for closely monitoring the behaviour of the infectious agent and the activity and spread of the disease.
Bakterite poolt esile kutsutud pandeemiad on katk, koolera. Viiruste poolt esile kutsutud pandeemia(te)na on levinud rõuged, Hispaania gripp. Uuemal ajal AIDS, COVID-19, linnugripp, seagripp (A(H1N1)2009 ... Laiemas tähenduses on pandeemiad ka D-vitamiini puudus, endometrioos, suhkurtõbi (maailmas on tänapäeval 350 miljonit diabeedihaiget) ja antibiootikumidele resistentsete mikroobide levikuga seotud haigused (näiteks 450 000 uut multiravimiresistentse tuberkuloosi (MDR-TB) haigusjuhtu aastas nii 2009. kui ka 2012. aastal ja vähktõve pandeemia.
